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(Simple) Unit Testing The Blog Part 1 - Services
In this post I'll be starting adding Unit Testing for this site. This won't be a full tutorial on Unit Testing, but rather a series of posts on how I'm adding Unit Testing to this site.
In this post I...
Sunday, 25 August 2024 23:00
//7 minute read
Background Translations Pt. 3
In previous articles, we have discussed the importance of translation in the context of web applications. We have also explored the use of the EasyNMT library to perform translations in an ASP.NET...
Sunday, 25 August 2024 03:20
//10 minute read
Full Text Searching (Pt 3 - OpenSearch with ASP.NET Core)
In the previous parts of this series we introduced the concept of full text searching and how it can be used to search for text within a database. In this part we will introduce how to use OpenSearch...
Saturday, 24 August 2024 06:40
//8 minute read
Full Text Searching (Pt 2 - Introduction to OpenSearch)
In the previous parts of this series we introduced the concept of full text searching and how it can be used to search for text within a database. In this part we will introduce OpenSearch, a powerful...
Saturday, 24 August 2024 03:00
//5 minute read
Background Translations Pt. 2
In our previous post here we discussed how we can use EasyNMT to translate our .md files into different languages. We also discussed how we can surface this functionality to the user by adding a...
Friday, 23 August 2024 19:52
//8 minute read
Background Translations Pt. 1
So for a while now I've used EasyNMT to translate my .md files into different languages here. I've wanted to 'surface' this so you can all have a play with it too.
See the second part of this series...
Friday, 23 August 2024 05:38
//4 minute read
Ensuring your IHostedService (or IHostedLifecycleService) is a single instance
This is a dumb little article because I was a bit confused about how to ensure that my IHostedService was a single instance. I thought it was a bit more complicated than it actually was. So I thought...
Thursday, 22 August 2024 16:08
//5 minute read
Adding XSRF for JavaScript
When adding the search box in the prior article, we left out a critical security feature: XSRF protection. This article will cover how to add XSRF protection to the search box.
What is XSRF?
XSRF...
Thursday, 22 August 2024 05:30
//2 minute read
Full Text Searching (Pt 1.1)
In the last article I showed you how to set up a full text search using the built in full text search capabilities of Postgres. While I exposed a search api I didn't have a way to actually use it...
Wednesday, 21 August 2024 20:30
//5 minute read
Full Text Searching (Pt 1)
Searching for content is a critical part of any content heavy website. It enhances discoverability and user experience. In this post I'll cover how I added full text searching for this site
Next parts...
Tuesday, 20 August 2024 12:40
//10 minute read